NEST FULL OF JOY

 

Hey Friends,  A quick post today because I get to pick up my sweet GranBabes today after school and take Lillie to her riding lesson.  Photo Op.!!

 

I got a couple of small collages back from a show and I have listed them in EBAY.

I continue to clear out anything unnecessary in my studio.  I need to focus.

 

Not to mention my art group, the Double Line Painters, is having a BIG challenge.       It's called - 150 Paintings in 150 Days.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Happy Trails

Bumble Bee No.12 and Bedford Hay Bales

 

Hey Friends,  Here are the Bee's again.  They are such great models.  I started this canvas with a layer of fine sand gel with lots of texture so the paint would settle into the little valleys and/or stick to the peaks.  The base/background color is Magenta.  Can't wait for them to come out of hibernation.

CLICK HERE for Etsy.

 

This is No. 3 in the Bedford series of Autumn colors.  Round Hay Bales.  A lot different from Van Gogh's and Monet's Hay Stacks.  I wonder how they kept it all winter?

CLICK HERE for Ebay

 

Hope everyone is warm and happy.  Thank you for visiting my blog.

 

Happy Trails

Travel Well

Pokey Cowgirl and Wildflower Meadow

 

Hey Friends,  The Oddly stiff cowgirl is for auction in EBAY.  And why do the cows seem to be running away?

 

This new piece "Meadow" with a gang of bees is now at the Little Gallery at Smith Mountain Lake .  Go check it out and tell them Sue sent you.

The Little Gallery has a ton of gorgeous stuff for gift giving and in every price range !

 

Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful Friday.

 

Happy Trails

Travel Well

Twenty First in the Pollinator Series and one auction about to end

 

Hey Friends,  This is my latest addition to the Pollinator Series.  A Black Cap Chickadee, one of the sweetest birds around.  Done in a bold, graphic style.  Something different from the usual tree or garden.  Available tonight at 9pm eastern time on Ebay. Check it out.

 

And here is one that will probably end before this blog post ever makes it out into cyber land.  Does anyone have any idea why blog posts do not show up after publishing until the next day?

Ebay

And here is one of the paintings I started Thursday while the DLP's were at Evergreen Lavender Farm in Appomattox area right off Rt. 460 East of Lynchburg.  The entire farm was beautiful and I want to paint a dozen more.  We never know but summer is such a busy time, I may get them done !
Haven't figured out yet what to do with these summer plein aire paintings.  I suppose the smart thing is frame them up and take to galleries.  See what the world thinks of them.

Happy Trails
Travel Well

Pollinator Series Bee #39

 

Hey Friends,  This is day 3 and this Bee painting is #39.   Not so much a close-up but still looks like the bees around here in SW Virginia.

Thanks for stopping by and CLICK HERE to check out ebay.

Happy Trails

Pollinator Series - #Two

Hey Friends,  This is Bee #38.  Second in my Pollinator Series on Ebay, CLICK HERE to see.  And you can read about the Pollinators from Birds & Blooms Magazine Here.   Or you can scroll down until you find June 1st post.

Have a wonderful summer evening.
Happy Trails
Travel Well

"Apple Blossum"

Hey Friends,  My latest addition to the Ebay auctions.  This one little statement among many others about what we humans are doing to our bees (and other wildlife and ultimately ourselves).
Someday we will pay when all this beauty is gone forever.  Please Click Here for Ebay.
Hope you all have a great weekend.  Spring has finally sprung here in the mountains of SW Virginia, I know 'cuz I saw a few bumble bees arguing mid-air today.  Haven't seen any honey bees yet.

Happy Trails
Travel Wisely

Bumble Bee No. 11

Hey Friends,  I'm up to about No. 33 in the bee series but this is No. 11.  She got lost for a while in the mess of my studio.  Now I'm putting her up for auction in Ebay.  I want to see what my fab collectors out there in CyberLand think of my Bees.  I love to paint these guys and I have models, found in the greenhouse already dead, that I've saved for this purpose.
This painting was started by laying down sand gel in strategic places.  Then painting over with acrylics.  A little rough on the brushes but I enjoy the textures and the final result.
You can check it out at Ebay Here.
Happy Trails
Travel Well

Day 20 Original Art Challenge

Hey Friends,  I had a big scare earlier this morning.  My monitor wouldn't come on!  Of course I called my daughter.  She said "check the connections and then turn machine off for a bit".  And it worked  Yay!!!  Just happy I don't have to buy a new one.
Above is a collage of avian stuff on a deep 6x6 canvas.  These are fun to do so last night I scanned some of my gran babe's piano practice book and a couple pages from her notebook with pencil written stuff.  Now I will go to the copy store and have some lazer copies made to use in these collages.  You need lazer copies so the ink won't smear and run when I get it wet.
Hope to get one done for tomorrow's challenge.
Happy Trails
Travel Well

My Efforts Today

Hey Friends, A couple bits to show for my 11 hour day. Actually, I spent most of my day on another Peacock ! But I've got to hide her for a few days to see if she's as homely as I think she is right now. Whew, why do I torture myself with such hard, picky subjects? I suppose I just like testing myself every now and again.
The raven above is from yesterdays efforts. Not much time spent in the studio yesterday, so I kept it simple. I like simple. And you can't usually screw up such a beautiful, simple bird too badly.

This (above) is an under painting I thought you might like to glance at. I scanned at 72 dpi but I should have done it at about 200 so you could see the glass beads a little better. I used a palette knife to apply the glass beads at the bottom, in a sort of flower shape. It's pretty thick.

Then painted on an under coat of Acra Gold.

Can you see a faint line sketch in the smaller image? I'm going to make this a bee and flower painting. How common you say. But I really ENJOY painting Bee's.

Maybe I'll be able to show you this finished tomorrow.

Happy Trails and Happy Dreams